Dead Confederate (photo by Hilary Harris)

Dead Confederate are on a tour that hits Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn TONIGHT (9/28) with Mt St Helen's Vietnam Band, Submarine Bells, and New Beard. Tickets are still available or you can cross your fingers and try and win one of three pairs available for giveaway. Details on how to win are at the bottom of this post.

If you can't make it tonight, Dead Confederate or some variant thereof will be in NYC twice in the coming weeks. Hardy Morris (aka Hardello) will play Bowery Ballroom with Bad Books, Right Away, Great Captain!, and Gobotron as part of CMJ on 10/20 (tickets). Then Dead Confederate proper will support Minus The Bear and The Whigs when the pair come to Terminal 5 on December 4th (tickets on presale at 11AM tomorrow).

Details on how to win those tickets, some video, and all tour dates are below.

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photos by Ryan Muir

Happy Holidays! I take on more than I can handle. That results in a lot of unposted content. In the name of catching up, while also taking it easy during this final week of the year, here's some of that lost material.

Shapes & Sizes

Check out all the pictures Ryan took at Pop Montreal in October by browsing the archive. Check out everything that wasn't already posted, below...

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photos by Oren Loloi

"Thursday had been a long day by the time 11:00 rolled around and I was in need of some energy. I got to the Mercury Lounge just in time to catch the end of Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, so I grabbed some beer and waited for the Vancouver duo to take the stage. A little after 11:00 [Japandroids] came on stage plugged in and began to power away at their loud fuzzy guitar and palpitating drum sound. It was the night before their friend's wedding so they were in an extra special mood. They turned the shoegaze guitar sounds way up and Brian danced around the stage creating great energy that flowed right into the crowd. From the opening chords of "Heart Sweats" the crowd was swaying and eventually the full on rock was delivered. It has been a while since I've been to a show where not only the crowd was having a good time, but based on the actions of the band I think it is fair to say that these two guys really seem to enjoy what they are doing. They played with such passion and had everyone screaming along to "I don't want to worry about dying/I just want to worry about those sunshine girls" that you would think these guys have been stressed about this problem for twenty years. The club nature of the show was also an intricate part of the performance as it felt like these were two guys who just genuinely enjoy rocking out for their friends." [OMGNYC]

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by Bill Pearis

DOWNLOAD: The Rifles - The Great Escape (MP3)

London band The Rifles are playing three shows in New York this weekend: an early show tonight (9/24) (before the Japandroids show in the same venue) and a late show tomorrow night (9/25) with Still Flyin at Mercury Lounge, then Saturday (9/26) at Union Hall with Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band who are playing with Japandroids tonight. The band have toured the U.S. previously opening for Paul Weller and last week saw the North American release of their sophomore album, The Great Escape. They've got a classic Britpop sound that might make you nostalgic for the good ol' days of 2004 when everyone had jobs and Kaiser Chiefs, The Rakes, and Subways were all the rage. You can download The Great Escape's catchy title track at the top of this post. Videos and all Rifles tour dates are below....

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Japandroids, who played last weekend in NYC and are appearing at Siren Fest in Coney Island this Saturday, have announced a two-month North American tour this fall. The trip includes a Thursday, September 24th show at the Mercury Lounge. Tickets go on sale Thursday, July 16th at noon.

Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band will share the bill at that show and others. The Coathangers, who came to NYC in June, are another band opening a set of dates. All dates below...

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Jane's Addiction - @ Echoplex, Los Angeles - Feb 16, 2009 (revolute)

Live Nation and Adam Zacks are pleased to announce this year's line up for the Sasquatch! Music Festival at the legendary Gorge in Eastern Washington. The festival, now in its eighth and most ambitious year yet, has evolved from a unique, homegrown & low key fest into a full blown three day extravaganza. A festival-goer's dream, it comes complete with camp-outs, canyons, sunsets, three stages and new this year, an expanded comedy and dance music tent. The tent will feature performances from comedians throughout the day, and then come dusk, will spotlight electronic and dance music artists.

Already the official opener to summer for music fans, the Sasquatch! Music Festival is becoming a certified monster of a musical event: this year features another exciting and diverse line-up for the musically adventurous, and ups the ante on an event already hailed for its independent spirit. Tickets go on sale Saturday February 28th at 10AM

Today it was announced that Jane's (feat. all four original members), NIN, Kings of Leon, Ben Harper & Relentless7, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Erykah Badu, The Decemberists, Fleet Foxes, TV On The Radio, Animal Collective, Silversun Pickups, Bon Iver, Santigold, and many others are playing this year's Sasquatch Festival (May 23, 24, 25, 2009 @ The Gorge in Quincy, WA). Full lineup and ticket info below...

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